Wings of Love (6 page)

“I just have to drain the
pasta.”  She spilled the contents of the steaming pot
over the strainer in the sink.  “Then we can
eat.”  She took the garlic bread she had made out of the
oven.  She then placed the bread in a basket and covered
it with a cloth napkin before setting it on the
table.  Amy tossed the pasta into a glass bowl and put it
next to the bread as well as the spaghetti sauce.

Amy sat down with Adam as they filled their
plates and enjoyed the meal together.  She told him about
the Amish family that had come into the grocery store
today.  They moved here recently from Pennsylvania.

“I think they bought that white farm house on
Holbrook road.”  Amy continued with her
story.  “They have no electricity nor do they own a
car.”  She leaned over the table to wipe some sauce off
of his chin. 

“This is really good.”  He took her
hand and kissed it.  “Thanks for the delicious
dinner.”

“No problem.  I hope you are as
good of a student as you are a hearty eater!”  Amy
laughed.

“Are you going to punish me if I’m not
teacher?”  Adam raised his eyebrows with a smirk on his
face.

“You wish,” Amy gingerly rubbed her foot
against his leg under the table.

Amy felt self-conscious as she cleared the
table of the dishes and placed them in the sink.  She
could feel Adam’s eyes as he watched her every move.  As
she wiped the table he pulled her onto his lap and he kissed her
neck.  She felt a higher level of desire than she had
ever before.  

“We better get to your homework first,” she
cleared her throat.  Amy reached for his books; she felt
that he was just as excited as she was. 

She helped Adam with his writing, social
studies and science assignments which he did quite well
on.  Obviously, he hadn’t dropped out of school because
it was too difficult for him.  She looked up at the clock
and noticed they’d studied for nearly two hours.  The
only subject that they had not covered yet was algebra.

Amy leaned over the table as she explained
simplified radical expressions and exponents to Adam.  “A
perfect square is the square of a natural number.”  She
read to Adam.  “1, 4, 9, 16, 25, and 36 are the first six
perfect squares.”  She looked up at him and noticed he
had a smirk on his face.

“I didn’t retain a word you just said,” he
glanced at her blouse which was doing little to keep her
covered.  “How am I supposed to
concentrate?”  He tickled her side as his gray eyes
flirted with her.

“I think we did enough for
tonight.”  Amy closed the book and wrapped her arms
around him from behind.  “Studying I mean,” she whispered
into his ear.

Amy led him into the living room and turned
out the light.  She clutched his shirt in her hands as
she pushed him down onto the couch.  She knelt down next
to him and caressed his toned abdomen.  Her hands
trembled as she unzipped his pants and touched what she had only
felt before.

Amy shared in the intensity that built deep
within Adam as she devoured him.  Her heart raced rapidly
as he moaned her name before exploding.  Amy was so
aroused by his excitement that she relinquished all
control.  Adam stroked her hair as she crawled up beside
him.  She could feel him as he breathed and listened to
his heart beat beneath her ear.  Amy adored this man who
had unleashed this powerful awareness of her sexuality.

***

Adam unlocked the door and tossed his keys
onto the table.  He threw his jacket on the chair in the
living room and went into the kitchen to grab something to
drink.  He’d never guessed that tonight would have ended
the way it did.  
Amy sure was
full of
surprises, from adorable to temptress
.

Adam snapped on the kitchen light when he saw
Bob drinking a beer.  From the way it looked, with all
the empties stacked up on the table, he had quite a few beers.

“What’s up Adam?”  Bob slurred his
speech.  “You’re home late for a work night.”

“I went over to Amy’s for dinner and she
helped me study.”  Adam took a beer out of the fridge and
gulped some down.

“So did you bang her yet?”  Bob
looked pretty wasted.

“Being that you’re drunk Bob, I’ll let that
slide,” stated Adam.  “But don’t let it happen
again.”

“Yeah you really scared me.“  Bob
burped as he spoke.  “You go behind my back and date Amy
when you know I always have liked her.”

“Bob, let’s discuss this
tomorrow.”  Adam waved him off.  “When you’re
sober.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, some friend you turned out
to be.”  Bob stumbled as he walked towards the
stairs.  “I wish I’d let that guy kick your ass
now.  Good night Benedict Arnold.”

Adam looked with disbelief at
Bob.  
What the hell was he babbling
about?  They’d been friends for many years and
Bob never mentioned this before
.  He decided to
forget about it.  By the time morning came he was sure
Bob would too.  Adam had more important things to think
about tonight as he drifted off to sleep. 

*** 

Amy lay on her bed reading her horoscope when
she heard Joey call her from the kitchen.  She tossed the
magazine on her nightstand and headed downstairs in her
pajamas.

“What do you want Joey?”  Amy came
in the kitchen and stopped dead in her tracks.  Angie sat
at the kitchen table with a Family Feud board game set up on
it. 

“Let me go get my robe.”  Amy stood
embarrassed for a moment then ran back upstairs.  “I’ll
be right back.”

She returned and pulled up a chair across
from them.  “Hi, Angie.  I didn’t know you were
here.” 

“Would you be the emcee?”  Angie
asked.  “We couldn’t play with just the two of us.”

“Sure.”  Amy placed the game
console in front of her.  “First we will do the
face-off.  Are you both ready?”

“Yeah, I always win the face
off.”  Joey laughed at the double entendre. 

“You’re going down.”  Angie tickled
him.  “Remember the bigger they are the harder they
fall.”

“Name something you double check before you
go to bed.”  Amy read off the first question.

Joey shot up his hand first.  ”What
her name is!”  He laughed as Angie slapped
him.  “Ouch!”

Angie’s hand rose as she answered, “That the
doors are locked!”

Amy slid the window showing that Angie had
the number one answer.  “Now we move onto the feud
round.”  Amy continued to emcee the game until Angie
won.  “Well Joey I guess she showed you!”

Amy made a pot of coffee and put some
chocolate chip cookies on the table she’d baked
earlier.  “Where do you work?”  She tried to
start up a conversation.

“Right now I work at the Bad Axe General
Hospital for my internship.  I will graduate with my
nurses’ degree at the end of the year.”

Amy was shocked.  She felt bad that
she had prejudged Angie before she had taken the time to know
her.  
That will teach me never to judge a book by its
cover again
.

“That is very impressive.”  Amy
said as she poured them each a cup of coffee.

“I’ll be glad when school is done,” Angie
said.  “It has been hard to juggle my work and school
plus his hockey schedule.”  She rubbed Joey’s back as she
smiled up at him.

“You can play nurse with me anytime,” teased
Joey.  “I never lack injuries.”

“Maybe I’ll just have to go with you on the
road so I can take good care of you,” she teased.

Joey rolled his eyes.  “We’ll see
about that.”

Amy realized that it would not be easy for
Angie as she dated Joey.  With him on the road as much as
he was it could put a strain on their relationship.  Was
Joey ready to give up all the partying and women for Angie? Only
time would tell. 

“Well, I am going to call it a
night.”  Amy helped them put the game
away.  “It was really nice to see you again, Angie.”

Amy went up to bed and read The
Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough.  She heard Joey as
he came upstairs to go to bed. 

“Joey?”  Amy called out as he
walked past her room.

“You’re still up?”  Joey peeked in
the doorway.

“I just wanted to let you know I had a good
time tonight.  I like Angie.  She is just as
beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.”

“Yes, I think she is the total
package.”  Joey leaned against the wall. “Night Amy.”

“Good night Joey.”  Amy shut her
lamp off and rolled over.  She smiled as she dozed off
thinking of Adam.

***

Amy was bundled up in her parka, hat and
mittens.  She brought a thermos of hot chocolate along
with her to keep warm.  She promised Adam she would come
see his game tonight.  She watched for number twenty-one
to skate out onto the ice.  Her heart swelled with pride
when she saw him as he skated past her.

As Adam played she could tell how much he
loved the game.  He scored two goals and made three
assists.  Amy yelled the loudest, clapped the hardest and
smiled the biggest for each and every one.  They won the
game 5-1.  She watched Adam as he held his stick up in
celebration.

Amy sat drinking her hot chocolate while she
watched the zamboni machine and waited for Adam to come out of the
locker room.  She waved at him the moment he exited the
locker room.  He walked towards her carrying his duffle
bag of equipment slung over his shoulder.

“Hi babe,” he sat the bag down and lifted her
up giving her a bear hug and a kiss.  He placed her down
gently on her feet.  “I am so glad you could make
it.”

“You played damn good Adam,” Amy looked up at
him beaming.  “I am so proud of you.”

“Gee, thanks,” Adam brushed off the
compliment.  He picked up his duffle bag
again.  “How about we go to Big Boys for some
dessert?”

“Okay, I’ll follow you,” she said taking his
hand as they left the arena which had almost emptied out.

Amy followed his truck all the way to the
restaurant.  
I Just Wanna Be Your
Everything
 by Andy Gibb played on the
radio.  She smiled as the lyrics described exactly how
she felt.  She parked her car next to his truck and
reached for her purse.  She locked the car then walked
over towards Adam. 

Adam greeted her with a kiss while softly
caressing her back.  “I missed you babe.”  He
reached for her hand and squeezed it.

“Not as much as I missed you,” she swung her
arm back and forth with his until they entered the
restaurant. 

The hostess led them to a table and seated
them.  Amy looked over the menu then waited to see what
Adam was going to get until making her final decision.

“I think I will have the hot fudge brownie
delight and a cup of coffee.”  Adam told the waitress as
she jotted it down on her tablet. 

“I’ll have the same.”  Amy handed
her the menu back.  “How is school going?”

“I am doing great.  I’m at the top
of my class in all subjects,” Adam smiled proudly.  “I
could not have done it without you.”

“Give yourself some credit.  You’ve
worked hard and studied even harder,” Amy said.

“Well, I’ve never had a teacher who kept me
so interested in my study sessions,” he looked at her
flirtatiously.  “You are an amazing woman.”

“Thank you,” Amy blushed.  “You
just bring out the best in me.”

The waitress brought their desserts and
refilled their coffee.  She left some more napkins on the
table.  “If you need anything else just holler.”

Amy dipped her ice cream into the hot
fudge.  She provocatively licked the spoon as Adam
watched her in astonishment.

“You better not make promises you can’t
keep,” Adam’s eyes danced with pleasure.   He wiped
some hot fudge from her lip and licked it off his
finger.  “I was going to invite you over to my parent’s
house this weekend.”  Adam looked at her
fondly.  “But now I don’t know if I should take you to
meet my mother.”

“Okay, I’ll behave myself,” she laughed as
she stared deep into his eyes.  “I’d love to spend time
with you and your family.  I haven’t been there in a long
time.”

“Well I guess we better get
going.”  Adam noticed the waitress started shutting the
lights off as a cue they were about to close. 

She gathered her things and bundled
up.  Amy and Adam walked out to the parking
lot.  She jumped on his back as he carried her to the car
both of them laughed all the way there.  Underneath the
parking lot light, he picked her up in his arms kissing her
passionately good night.  She hugged him tight enjoying
this moment of happiness shared between them.

“Good night Adam,” she lightly kissed his
nose before getting into her car.

“Good night, babe.”  Adam closed
her door then tapped on her window.  “I’ll call
you.”  He held his thumb and pinkie to his ear before
walking away.

Amy listened to 
Let Your Love
Flow
 by The Bellamy Brothers on her way
home.  She sang along thinking about Adam.  She
wondered if he had the same song on in his truck and if Adam was
thinking about her.

***

Adam listened to the end of 
Take It
to the Limit
 by The Eagles.  He was just about
to shut the truck off when he noticed Amy on the front
porch.  She glided down the stairs carrying a pie dish
looking exceptionally beautiful today.  She had on black
high waist slacks, with a silky gray blouse covered by a black
blazer which flared at her hips.  Amy hips swayed as she
walked towards him, her long gold earrings dangled in rhythm with
her body.  
Damn she looks sexy
.

“Hi babe.”  He leaned over and
kissed her as she handed him the pie
dish.  “Hmm.  Smells like apple pie?”

“It’s my mom’s recipe,” Amy
nodded.  “I didn’t want to show up empty handed.”

“Mom is making her award winning fried
chicken.”  Adam looked at Amy and smiled.  “She
won 1st place at the 1975 county fair.  I’m sure
you’ll hear all about it when we get there.”